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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Shoreditch 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The number of persons notified per 1,000 inhabitants during the year under consideration, and the preceding nine years is shown in the following table:—
| Year. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | All forms. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 5.1 |
| 1920 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 3.0 |
| 1921 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 2.5 |
| 1922 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 2.7 |
| 1923 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 2.4 |
| 1924 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| 1925 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 2.9 |
| 1926 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 2.7 |
| 1927 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 2.3 |
| 1928 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 2.6 |
The number of cases notified in each of the eight wards during 1928 was as follows:—
| Ward. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | No. per 1,000 inhabitants. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorfields | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.0 |
| Church | 42 | 8 | 50 | 2.8 |
| Hoxton | 32 | 13 | 45 | 2.9 |
| Wenlock | 40 | 11 | 51 | 3.7 |
| VVhitmore | 37 | 3 | 40 | 2.3 |
| Kingsland | 17 | 3 | 20 | 2.0 |
| Haggerston | 19 | 6 | 25 | 2.4 |
| Acton | 15 | 7 | 22 | 1.9 |
| Total | 203 | 54 | 257 |
The number of cases removed to Hospital (Columns 20 and 21, Table on page 32)
was 351. Of these 261 went to Sanatoria and 90 to Poor Law Institutions.
The number of cases discharged from Hospital (Columns 22 and 23—Table on
page 32 was 147). Of these 115 were from Sanatoria and 32 from Poor Law
Institutions.
A register of all notified cases of Tuberculosis is kept at the Town Hall. The
additions to and removals from during 1928 and state of the register at the end
of the year is shown in the following table:—
PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1924.
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | ||
| Number of cases on the Tuberculosis Register, 31st December, 1927 | 687 | 563 | 281 | 230 | 1,761 |
| Number of cases notified under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912, during the year 1928 | 110 | 93 | 31 | 23 | 257 |
| Other cases added to the Tuberculosis Register during 1928 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| *Number of cases removed from Tuberculosis Register during 1928 | 80 | 63 | 21 | 21 | 185 |
| Cases remaining on Tuberculosis Register, 31st December, 1928 | 726 | 600 | 292 | 233 | 1,851 |
*The particulars of cases removed from Tuberculosis Register during 1928
are as follows:—
Deaths 129
Patients removed from Borough 46
Cases removed from register as "cured" 10
Total 185